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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeena believes Mattie will leave soon because ______________________________.
(a) Mattie has found another post in town.
(b) Mattie has grown tired of Ethan's advances.
(c) Mattie will get married to Denis Eady.
(d) Mattie will return to live with her own family.

2. Mattie quickly moves from Zeena's chair as if ____________________________________.
(a) She can not stand the scrutiny of Ethan's gaze.
(b) Feels guilty over her affair with Ethan.
(c) She feels a sense of Zeena's presence there.
(d) She does not want to fill Zeena's place in Ethan's life.

3. Though Ethan's studies were brief, the author states that he became aware of
(a) Cloudy meanings behind the daily face of things.
(b) The several dimensions of life.
(c) Absolute truth and literal meanings.
(d) The many levels of consciousness.

4. Ethan is unpleasantly surprised when his wife notices __________________________________.
(a) That he has taken to shaving every day since Mattie arrived.
(b) That he is always late for work since Mattie arrived.
(c) That he is envious of Michael Eady.
(d) That he has taken to sleeping in his office.

5. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.
(a) She is growing old.
(b) She is not strong enough to take care of Zeena.
(c) She will be sent away from the Fromes with no other place to go.
(d) She will never find love in Starkfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What spark in Ethan had not been completely extinguished by the Starkfield winters?

2. At the end of the chapter, Ethan's last thoughts are about _____________________________.

3. When Ethan arrives, he ____________________________.

4. What gives Ethan's kitchen a "homelike look?"

5. Zeena's family gave Mattie ____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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